BofA Securities lowered the price target for the ITT Inc. (NYSE:ITT) stock from “a Buy” to “a Neutral”. The rating was released on July 11, 2022, according to finviz. We previously noted in another research note published on April 08, 2022 by UBS that upgraded the stock from a Neutral to a Buy with a price target of $95 for ITT stock. The stock was upgraded by BofA Securities, who disclosed in a research note on December 08, 2021, from Neutral to Buy and set the price objective to $130. In their research brief published June 15, 2021, Citigroup analysts initiated the ITT Inc. stock to Buy with a price target of $113.
The latest trade, Performances and Moving Averages give us the following Picture
The share price of ITT Inc. (NYSE:ITT) raised 2.52% to close Thursday’s market session at $82.10, higher as compared to yesterday’s close. The stock price fluctuated between $78.835 and $82.26 throughout the trading session with the volume trading being 1113133 shares, which represented a significant variation when compared to the three months average volume of 478.87K shares. The firm’s stock price fluctuated -8.42% within the last five trades and -12.24% within the last 30 trades, which was a significant change from the beginning of this year. Despite the fact that the share price increased 11.87% in the last 6 months and -0.48% was subtracted to its value over the previous 3 months. ITT stock is trading at a margin of -9.17%, -7.95% and 5.12% apart from the 20-Day, 50-Day and 200-Day Simple Moving Average prices.
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As of the close of trading, ITT deals in the Industrials domain. The stock is trading -13.74 percent below its 52-week high and 28.74 percent above its 52-week low. For example, looking both at the price and the high and low measurements of 52 weeks will give you a clearer picture of the direction the price is heading. The firm’s Weighted Alpha is 4. A positive weighted alpha indicates the firm has done well over the course of the year, whereas one below 0 indicates that the firm has done poorly.
What Does ITT Inc.’s Profitability and Valuation Ratios Tell Us About the Stock?
With regard to the profitability of the company, the operating margin is currently at 15.70 percent and the profit margin is 12.30 percent, and the company has reported a gross margin of 30.90 percent. The profit margin, also known as the revenue ratio or gross profit ratio, is an efficiency figure used to estimate the business’s profitability by comparing net income and sales. The higher the number, the more profits are generated for the company and vice versa.
The stock’s market cap achieved a total value of $7.04 billion as of the last trading session. Market capitalization is the total value of all outstanding shares of a corporation and it is used to measure a company’s market value. The price-to-earnings ratio for ITT Inc. (NYSE:ITT) is 18.63. The price-to-earnings ratio is a method of assessing corporate values by comparing them to their per-share profit. Forward P/E stands at 15.02. Forward price-to-earnings is calculated using predicted earnings for the next financial year’s P/E determination. The stock has achieved an effective Price-to-Sales Ratio of 2.36 that mirrors the cost to be found for sales by the market. The firm managed a Price-to-Book ratio of 3.02, which equates the market value of a stock with its book value.
Is Insider Trading a Real Thing?
Almost all investors and traders prefer to invest in shares controlled by the management of a corporation as a management company will be more likely to run the business itself and to never conduct things against the management’s desires and will always try to do what is best for their shareholders. Currently, 0.30 percent of ITT Inc. shares are owned by insiders, and 92.50 percent are held by financial institutions. Flynn Ryan F., the SVP & President, CCT at ITT Inc. (ITT) has sold 2,197 shares of firm on Mar 10 at a price of $87.22 against the total amount of $0.19 million. In another inside trade, Caprais Emmanuel, SVP, Chief Financial Officer of ITT Inc. (NYSE:ITT) sold 2,772 shares of the firm on Sep 02 for a total worth of $0.2 million at a price of $73.50. An inside trade which took place on Aug 11, SVP, General Counsel of ITT Inc. Gustafsson Mary Elizabeth sold 3,206 shares of firm against total price of $0.26 million at the cost of $81.95 per share.